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Old 05-10-2011, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by LeslieFrost
Hello and welcome from NW Wisconsin! To help people volunteer effectively:

1) asking for a volunteer to speak up from a large group is rarely successful -- do the ask one-on-one and promise to provide support.

2) when a volunteer or a small committee has accepted a task, don't let others second guess them and try to override their decisions -- this is very disheartening.

3) look hard at the list of officers/positions -- are all of them really needed? -- have times changed so that the positions should change?

4) be sure to say thank you for a job well done, both publicly and privately.

5) be sure to involve new members right away -- not by asking them to take on large tasks, but by hooking them up with other members who are working on a project -- start to give the impression that some extra involvement is expected of everyone -- if you say it often enough, people will come to believe it!
I sure wish #5 would happen for me, I just joined a guild and I feel out of place. But I'm going to hang in there for another meeting or two.
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Old 05-10-2011, 10:28 AM
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Hi, from your neighbor to the South. Lucky you to even have a guild.
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